FINANCIAL MARKETS UPDATE
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 0.02%, while the Year-to-Date return stood at -16.27%. The All Share Index closed at 23,981.09 against the previous close of 23,977.10 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦8.248 trillion against previous close of ₦8.246 trillion. Volume traded decreased by 10.97% from 190.395 million to 169.505 million, while the total value of stock traded decreased by 10.31% from ₦1.693 billion to ₦1.518 billion in 3,020 deals.
The Financial Services sector led the activity chart with 149.845 million shares exchanged for ₦0.643 billion. Industrial Goods came next with 6.642 million shares traded for ₦0.564 billion, Conglomerates, Consumer Goods, Oil And Gas sectors followed in that order on the activity chart.
FCMB, Diamondbnk, Guaranty, UBA and FBNH were the most active stocks by volume. Sterlnbank, Unilever, Mobil, AIICO and Caverton emerged the highest price gainers on the chart, while Uacn, Fidelitybk, ETI, FBNH and Transcorp topped the losers chart.
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